The Milpitas Alliance for the Arts will host its fifth annual Literary Luncheon April 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Milpitas Community Center.

Sharing our lives through literature, the luncheon will feature author Jana McBurney-Lin's award-winning book "My Half of the Sky." This novel describes the life of a young woman both comforted and assaulted by traditional Chinese culture in a modern, globalizing world.

Lunch will be a Chinese buffet and dim sum, and entertainment will be provided by a Chinese instrumentalist.

Admission is $10, and $8 for students and seniors. For more information, contact Larry Voellger at (408) 942-6960.